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Letters
BUDGET SPECIAL a focus on tHE WoEs of DIstREssED faRMERs anD agRI sEctoR
issue
3 & 4
Volume 15
28 feb 2018
New Delhi
LOVE,
why are you
hated
Our history and culture are rooted in epic
tales of love and romance. Then why are we so
conservative when it comes to falling in love and
choosing our partners? 20
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More green
cover needed
With the burgeoning population
in India, it is obviously an
arduous task to ensure that
there is no reduction in existing
forest area. Key challenges such
as public pressure, abysmal
strength of field forest staff need
dynamic solutions.
Involving private stakeholders
and local bodies may help
increase tree cover further.
Making sure that there
are no hurdles before the
Compensatory Afforestation
Fund Management and Planning
Authority (CAMPA) Bill would
help ensure that degraded open
forest area can be treated and
later classified as forest area.
n vijai
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Agriculture measures may tune of 200 crore to promote
14 ` improve rural economy organic farming. These are
With reference to the report “Agrarian distress: important and big outcomes for
Govt rightly focuses on farmer woes and rural the Indian agriculture sector.
economy” by Komal Amit Gera (February 28)
In the Union Budget for 2018- Dhiresh kulshrestha
19, the Central Government People belonging to the middle
announced establishing new income group and the salaried
rural markets and E-NAM for
the welfare of Indian farmers class are disappointed with the
which will be beneficial for BJP Government’s Budget. By
linkages between market and reducing the corporate tax and
farmers. The allocation of 2,000 firmly denying increase in the
crore for the establishment of threshold exemption limit of
these rural markets is a good income tax, as expected by the
move. Union Finance Minister salaried class, Union Finance
Arun Jaitely has also allocated Minister Arun Jaitley has
trumpeted his party’s leanings
500 crore for potato, tomato
towards corporates and has sent
and onion crop farmers to
help them cope with the a clear message that welfare of
vagaries of nature and demand corporate is the priority for the
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fluctuation, which will be known Government.
Undoubtedly, this Budget
as ‘Operation Green’ in the is a precursor to the summary
agriculture sector. defeat of the BJP Government in
Crucially, though, the
government has pegged the the 2019 General Election unless
it course corrects now.
Minimum Support Price (MSP) shalini GeralD
for crops at one-and-half times
the input costs to alleviate Aadhaar fails all the tests
agrarian distress as per the of a democratic setup
MS Swaminathan committee
recommendations and this reference to the Spotlight column titled
“Aadhar row: Govt must allay fears of data
should be welcomed. Also, the misuse” by Vipin Pubby (February 28) 1.
The way the government
provision to extend the Kisan
Credit Card for fisheries and treats and behave with citizens 2.
animal husbandry is a smart especially on Aadhaar matters 3.
move. is a proof that the most absurd
thinking of government is that
The establishment of 42 mega
food parks will provide a fillip all the citizens who pay tax are
to the agro-processing industry dishonest. Uncalled for services
and the introduction of the
are made compulsory Aadhaar
‘bamboo mission’ for farmers requirement. Most absurdity
will help increase farmers’ example of Bhopal hospital- 5.
income. The Budget also made refuses to discharge new-borns
provisions for 100 per cent
sans Aadhaar registration.
income tax benefit scheme for There may be few of 6.
agriculture and farm equipment dishonest persons but treating
all citizens as dishonest is
manufacturers to boost the rural
economy. a matter of shame for the
The most vital feature of government. Perhaps this
the Budget for the farm sector is first time in the history of
world on where such a low
is the establishment of the
Agricultural Cluster Model thinking of government is
for production that will be found for its honest and law-
promoted by the Government abiding citizens. Unnecessarily I, Swinder Bajwa, hereby declare that the particulars given are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
as a policy. Additionally, there citizens are not horrified from
are Budgetary allocations to the government -there are valid Dated: 1 March 2018
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reasons-experiences by almost community caste or religion a cannot remain silent for long.
all citizens for such an uncalled- citizen belongs. The Prime Minister can lose
for behaviour and treatment to Till it is abolished, please note no time to deny that his party
its citizens by the government. that at one of the Nationalised ever received political funds
Those who are not seeking any Bank Aadhaar Centre charges from the fraudsters. BJP may
financial assistance, why they are 30-no receipt issued not agree, but the scam reduced
Prime Minister Narendra
even for payment made —
are forced to have Aadhaar?
Life is vulnerable with for updation and separate Modi’s slogan, Na khaoonga, Na
Aadhaar. Without mobile cost is involved for getting khaane doonga to a joke. Even
Aadhaar is ineffective. Is under printed Aadhaar card at some ardent supporters find it hard
the constitution every person other place like cyber cafes. to extol Modi as chowkidaar
must have a mobile? How The agent here says he has without unease. It is no tribute
government can force any separate arrangement to to his leadership that people
citizen to have Aadhaar? provide laminated Aadhaar nowadays speak of “ease of
There is no doubt that card at 100 without receipt defrauding banks”. The ease with
Aadhaar fails all the tests of a for it. Extra cost is forced on which Nirav obtained ‘letters of
democratic setup, including the citizens. Why Aadhaar Centre undertaking’ was astonishing.
basic right to personal space. cannot give services of getting The overdrive into which
God may save innocent citizens printed Aadhaar too and that the Modi government went
from Aadhaar clutches. too without any extra cost to subsequent to the unearthing
Why not drop the names citizens. of the gigantic scam does not
of all citizens and allot them m. kumar suffice to salvage the situation.
The disclosure that Abhishek
Aadhaar number only and every
person would be known only Narendra Modi must clear Singhvi’s wife bought jewels
by its Aadhaar number and that his name in PNB scam worth 6.5 crore from the
Modi’s is poor defence on BJP’s
will solve country’s problem of
Now that Congress President
caste, community and religion Rahul Gandhi linked Prime part. It cannot justify the Modi
-all will be equal as no one Minister Narendra Modi to the government’s inaction despite
PNB scam, the Prime Minister
being alerted to the massive
would ever be known which
PNB-Modi-Choksi fraud. Had
‘FORM IV’ (See rule 8) the government-owned PNB
given 11400 crore as loans to the
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Printer’s Name : : Swinder Bajwa of lakhs of families and got back
its cash with interest. It is valid
Yes
Whether Citizen of India?
(If foreigner, state the country of origin) : Not Applicable to ask whether the government
4. Address : : Bulding No 23, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 infuses the public sector banks
Publisher’s Name
Swinder Bajwa
Whether Citizen of India? : Yes with public money for its loot
by crooked business tycoons.
Not Applicable
(If foreigner, state the country of origin) :
Address : Bulding No 23, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 Priyanka Chopra, Kangana
Editor’s Name : : Charanjit Ahuja Ranaut, Aishwarya Rai and
Katrina Kaif may have been paid
Whether Citizen of India?
Yes
(If foreigner, state the country of origin) : Not Applicable a lot of money for endorsing
Address : : Bulding No 23, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi
Name and address of
Anant Media Pvt. Ltd.
brands. Would it now prick their
owner who owns the Bulding No 23, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 conscience to give the ‘fee’ to the
Magazine and partners
SHAREHOLDERS 1. Royal Building and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.,
Plot No F-5, Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Chandigarh., 2. Tarun Jit Tejpal, 12 Link Road, cheated customers or charity?
Jangpura, New Delhi-110014, 3. Weldon Polymers Pvt. Ltd., E-4/77, Sector 7, We are inquisitive to know
whether a part, however small,
Rohini, New Delhi, 4. Priyanka Gill. C/o Mr Harish Chander, Village Dharampura,
Abohar, Ferozpur, Punjab-152128. 5. Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd., Kesargarh, of the looted money went to hire
J.L.N. Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 6. Neena Tejpal Sharma, M-130 1st Floor, the bevy of beauties sporting
Greater Kailash-II, New Delhi-110048,
fabulous necklaces, bangles and
rings for falling over the master
sd/- fraudster.
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